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Tuesday, December 15, 2009

Today, we’ll look into the efficacy of standardized tests with a man who spent 15 years working in the testing industry. Then, Jane Alison talks about her memoir The Sisters Antipodes. And two writers talk about being commissioned by the Flea Theater to write short plays on "The Great Recession." Plus, "60 Minutes" legend Morley Safer discusses his long career in broadcasting.

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Novelist Jane Alison discusses her memoir about her parents switching partners with another couple. The Sisters Antipodes tells the story of what happened when her parents divorced and remarried, throwing Jane and her sister-- and their two stepsisters--into a competition for the affections of their absent fathers, a contest ...

Playwrights Adam Rapp and Will Eno discuss being commissioned by the Flea Theater to write short plays about the recession. Adam Rapp’s short play “Classic Kitchen Timer” and Will Eno's “UNUM,” are both part of “The Great Recession.” “The Great Recession” opens December 10 at the

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